92 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020BUYING GUIDE
2,340x1,080 resolution is on point, if below what
Samsung et al are capable of offering when pushing
their handsets beyond the default settings.
It offers a typical 430cd/m^2 brightness (we measured
414cd/m^2 ), up to 60,000:1 contrast, and version 2.0 of
Xiaomi’s Sunlight- and Reading mode features. And it’s
protected with Gorilla Glass 6, which Corning claims is
two times better than Gorilla Glass 5.
Looking around the edges there’s still no headphone
jack (a 3.5mm adaptor is in the box), but there are
two new features as well as improved audio from the
integrated loudspeaker, which now features deeper
bass and uses dynamic gain to amplify sound by
100 percent.
A button on the left edge by default wakes the
Google Assistant. (If you’re buying the Chinese version
of this phone you’ll instead have access to Xiaomi’s
own AI client.) This can be changed to quick-launch theLooking around the
edges there’s still no
headphone jack92 TECH ADVISOR • JANUARY 2020BUYING GUIDE
2,340x1,080 resolution is on point, if below what
Samsung et al are capable of offering when pushing
their handsets beyond the default settings.
It offers a typical 430cd/m^2 brightness (we measured
414cd/m^2 ), up to 60,000:1 contrast, and version 2.0 of
Xiaomi’s Sunlight- and Reading mode features. And it’s
protected with Gorilla Glass 6, which Corning claims is
two times better than Gorilla Glass 5.
Looking around the edges there’s still no headphone
jack(a 3.5mmadaptoris in thebox),butthereare
twonewfeaturesaswellasimprovedaudiofrom the
integratedloudspeaker,whichnowfeaturesdeeper
bassandusesdynamicgaintoamplifysoundby
100 percent.
A button on the left edge by default wakes the
Google Assistant. (If you’re buying the Chinese version
of this phone you’ll instead have access to Xiaomi’s
own AI client.) This can be changed to quick-launch theLooking around the
edges there’s still no
headphone jack